tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post227999522574900954..comments2024-03-17T08:07:12.695-05:00Comments on Between The Lines: Data continue to prove wisdom of hospital privatizationJeff Sadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03972004592729833310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-76054893977666578932014-07-31T09:17:51.312-05:002014-07-31T09:17:51.312-05:00as a consumer of healthcare w/the LSU-priv hosp sy...as a consumer of healthcare w/the LSU-priv hosp system, I can tell you quality of services has gone down. The quality of MD's is horrible. The new staff of housekeepers,food service workers,physical therapy,resp.therapy, radiology dept, nurse's, administrative workers, everyone in the hosp is worse..the old state employees had commitment and longevity..now there is high turn over of employees. If things have improved Jeff I guess you will start going there for your healthcare needs. oh yeah, the poorly trained MD residents are coming to your private partner hosp to work on you there...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-35541745495203027322014-07-29T09:16:15.226-05:002014-07-29T09:16:15.226-05:00Obviously you're over-eager to celebrate, but ...Obviously you're over-eager to celebrate, but I think it's a bit early to be patting yourself on the back over Jindal's privatization schemes. There is the lingering question of the slow restart in services, which undoubtedly has lowered the amount the state was billed for, along with the unanswered question regarding patients going for care at other hospitals that don't get reimbursed. <br />The LSU hospital in Lafayette was reported to be $6 million over budget as late as May, and the research foundation running LSU's Shreveport hospital was reported to be requesting funds above its allocation. <br />The Jindal administration is apparently very eager to say the risky privatization schemes have worked, and it's still a bit too early to say with any certainly that it did, and you're very over-eager to help their claims. In the long run, I believe all we will see is increased costs, a net loss of health care jobs and reduced services, with a very large sum of public dollars being transferred to private interests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com